VISION AND MISSION
A. Socio-Economic Uplift in Rural Areas
Human resource/community development, through socio-economic uplift of the people from marginalized and deprived segments of society, mainly from rural areas with jobs oriented technical education and vocational training.
B. Skill Development of unattended Youth
Enforcement of HRD plans under the PHRDO in its educational and vocational project namely Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Multan to focus its services primarily on development of youth from disadvantaged and underserved rural areas, while inculcating among them the requisite skills for employability.
C. Seed Funding for Social Entrepreneurships
Grant of seed funding to the youth to help them establish small entrepreneurships through micro-financing on interest free basis, a unique and innovative style to help them grow and glow in the society. While giving a unique feature to the program, besides education and training, to help the youth set up micro enterprises under consistent supervision and guidance of the PHRDO, assisting thereby, to many socially excluded young people immensely, in transforming them from valueless to valuable.
D. Gender Indiscrimination
Yet another visionary objective of the PHRDO is elimination of gender discrimination. Despite some improvement, the Pakistani women shall still have a long way to go in their journey towards social equality, security, freedom, justice and economic empowerment.
The PHRDO with its full zeal and vigor has committed to change prevailing prejudiced societal behaviors against the feminine participation in development activities. It endeavors to help women think and feel free and confidant to live in the men dominated society with due honor and liberty. It also motivate and facilitate them with conducive environments for getting technology education and vocational training in order to develop their skills for employability to enable them self-employed, or freely explore jobs opportunities elsewhere to earn their livelihood. The PHRDO fully opposes any discrimination for opportunities, besides others, on the basis of sex, and help the women become economically and socially stable in the society.
E. Rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (Refugees)
A painful distressing scenario broke out in our northern area since the recent past that has adversely affected human development pursuits in that area in particular. Youth engagement in Pakistan generally, and in its civil commotion areas in particular, has become more critical and alarming for the last 4-5 years. Reason behind this deplorable situation is that unemployed immature youth after having their secondary schooling completed, get frustrated when find no means to earn livelihood. Resultantly, they are lured into crime, as they are potential target to be lured by anti-social elements, including extremist and terrorist groups, now a painful common phenomenon in Pakistan.
This is the worst form of confusion and chaos ever seen before, which has fainted the freshness of our talented and industrious societal units, placing their security and integrity at stake that resulted in multiplication of many social evils in the society. The situation of communal violence in our frontier province is like an unprecedented social aggression and infiltration of miscreants there from, to the adjoining areas, including northern Punjab is highly apprehended, as we are located at about 90 miles only from the violent hands. Displacement of about 4.00 Million persons from their homes to other cities within their own homeland is the worst miserable human crises ever witnessed in the world.
However, rehabilitation of these hard hit masses is linked with sustained endeavors to give the IDPs immediate relief, reconstruction and restoration of their peaceful living through launching socio-economic development projects, especially for the displaced youth in terms of skill development for their engagement on constructive jobs. Therefore, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the IDPs through development of their youth is also a significant objective of the PHRDO. The PHRDO is highly moved and concerned with the miserable situation in our northern areas and has proposed a special relief package for development of the youth of the IDPs.
F. Voluntary Services
Although objectives of the PHRDO are achieved through a significant style of rendering voluntary services in implementation of its various educational and training projects, yet undertaking this voluntary style in itself is one of the foremost objectives of the organization. Some of its members work all free, while others render services on very nominal honorarium.
G. Poverty Reduction
Providing structural employment opportunities to the youth with bringing about consequential impact of poverty reduction in the poverty hit areas at grass roots level. Facilitating the youth with technical education and vocational training on volunteering basis has two fold objectives, provision of indoor / outdoor employable skills to underserved youth to ensure their easy and prompt access on the jobs on one hand, and consequential positive impact on poverty reduction in the rural areas, as far as possible on the other.
H. Not-For-Profit
Basically the PHRDO is a not-for-profit organization but in order to achieve its non-profit goals, it receives fee from the students admitted in its various educational programs on self-finance basis, while it gives full waiver or partial waivers to the beneficiaries of targeted rural / poor areas. It also allows reasonable profits on the goods/services manufactured/rendered through youth entrepreneurships for youth welfare and in order to give the activities recurring effects.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
A. Accreditation and Affiliation
The PHRDO is registered with the Government of Punjab, Social Welfare (Community Development) Department Multan, under the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration & Control) Ordinance 1961, with Registration No. DDSW (MD)/ 314 dated 10.06.1998, whereas the JEIT under the PHRDO is registered with Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority TEVTA, Government of the Punjab, and affiliated with the Punjab Board of Technical Education PBTE Lahore.
B. Program
At the initial stages, when the Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology JEIT under the PHRDO started functioning, Electrical and Electronics Technologies were started, leading to a jobs oriented three years Diploma of Associate Engineer DAE. Later, a one year Diploma in IT was also introduced keeping in view the globally emerging trends in the field of information technology. Our existing program benefits to those, who have completed their secondary schooling. However, various vocational training courses are also available without any precondition of basic education except for those, which requires a specified proficiency in basic science for a particular training course.
Funds of the organization are generated through receiving nominal fee from targeted poor students and full fee from the students admitted on self-finance basis, contribution from well off people of the area and the income received from fund raising events held by the organization from time to time. Our existing educational and training set up has the following salient features:
a. Fee concession/waiver to the deserving students from the poor/target areas (80% of the total strength benefited ranging from 10% to 100% of the approved limit).
b. Full fee waiver to the poor and deserving students with provision of free books, uniform and per month stipend.
c. Highly educated and experienced faculty with practical background–50% of the existing faculty consists of serving engineers/associate engineers of different local industrial/commercial organizations. Maximum “on the job” industrial practical training -50% of the total duration of study is allocated for practical training without prejudice to the syllabi of PBTE.
d. The students are also trained during their course of studies to under take various projects pertaining to the syllabi of the technologies they are pursuing for, which is one of the significant, unique and innovative working dimensions of the PHRDO.
e. Imparting technical education and vocational training to the students with special courses on Industrial sociology and industrial psychology to educate them lead a constructive working relationship on the work place, while emphasizing on their future free and fair trade union activities to ensure lasting and peaceful employees relation system in the organizations.
f. This working style will eventually enable them to become a constructive and feasible unit of the society in their practical life.
g. Consistent follow up to help the passed out students in pursuing further studies in Pakistan and abroad, and help them establish small indigenous entrepreneurships with interest free seed funding through launching award competitions.
C. Institutional Dimensions
The PHRDO provides access to all young people without any discrimination, not necessarily to the students of the JEIT, including deprived females, living in low-income communities between the ages of 10-30, which age group represents the largest segment of our population. It encourages youth to work together as a team by building up an indigenous youth service network. It provides young people skill development through technical education and vocational training in its well equipped workshops and technical labs, for their recognition and connections to transform themselves from distorted to reformed youth.
The PHRDO emphasizes the youth to learn and serve. It promotes decentralization, experimentation and independence among the youth. It encourages youth to take complete responsibility for designing, implementing and monitoring service projects, under the continued guidance and supervision of their experienced seniors/instructors. They are trained to gradually work independently, when professionally become well groomed and self-sufficient. The young people are provided freedom to choose their area of service projects responsive to community needs identified and addressed through local youth. The admission in all educational and training courses remain open to all students, including half educated or drop outs from other institutions, but the seed funding is granted to the youth through competition.
OBJECTIVES
Facilitating the people with technical education and vocational training has two fold objectives i.e. poverty reduction through provision of indoor / outdoor employable skills to the youth in order to their easy and prompt access to the job opportunities on one hand, and to prepare and provide technically skilled manpower to help accelerate the pace of industrial development in the area on the other hand.
Yet another visionary plan of the PHRDO is elimination of gender discrimination. Despite some improvement, the Pakistani women shall still have a long way to go in their journey towards social equality, security, freedom, justice and economic empowerment. The PHRDO with its full enthusiasm and dedication has committed to change the prevailing human behavior about the feminine participation in development activities, women’s awareness to understand their rights to live in the men dominated society with due honor and respect, motivation and provision of conducive environments for getting technology education and vocational training, and to help them freely explore employment and jobs opportunities (in/out doors) to earn their livelihood. The program shall help them become economically and socially stable in the society leading to eventually reduce poverty in the neglected communities.
Objectives of the Organization are achieved through imparting the targeted poor settlements with jobs oriented technical education and vocational training so as they may fairly develop and adjust themselves on constructive jobs. We engage the youth on constructive entrepreneurships during their course of studies, to motivate and prepare them for earning their livelihood to eventually contribute for peace and harmony to take deep roots in the society.
PROGRAM
In pursuance of this noble consideration, Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology JEIT was established by this NGO at Multan on 1st July 1998. The JEIT was registered with the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority TEVTA, Industries Department, Govt of Punjab, and affiliated with Punjab Board of Technical Education PBTE Lahore.
The existing program provides for three years Diploma in Associate Engineer DAE in Electrical, Electronics and Civil Technologies and one year Diploma in IT to the students who have completed their secondary education. Various vocational training courses without any pre-requisite of basic education except for those, which requires more proficiency, are also under consideration of the AAC.
In line with its core consideration, the JEIT is aiming at promotion of job oriented technical education to the youth, with special consideration to those from disadvantaged or less privileged rural areas, on non-commercial basis. An other campus of same standing and style has been established at Chowk Azam, Distt: Layyah since February 28, 2007.
JINNAH ENDEAVORS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
In pursuance of its noble pursuits, Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology was established by this NGO at Multan on 1st July 1998. The JEIT was registered with the Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority TEVTA, Industries Department, Govt of the Punjab, and affiliated with the Punjab Board of Technical Education PBTE Lahore.
The existing program of the JEIT provides for three years Diploma in Associate Engineer DAE in Electrical, Electronics and Civil Technology and one year Diploma in IT to the students who have completed their secondary education, and various vocational training courses without any pre condition of basic education except for those, which requires a specific proficiency for a particular course.
The existing set up has the following salient features:
Highly educated and experienced faculty with practical background–50% of the existing faculty consists of serving engineers/associate engineers.
Maximum “on the job” industrial practical training – 50% of the total duration of study is allocated for practical training without prejudice to the syllabi of PBTE.
Imparting technical education and training to the students with special courses on industrial sociology and industrial psychology, while emphasizing on their future free and fair trade union activities to ensure lasting and peaceful industrial relation system in the country.
Consistent follow up to help them in pursuing further studies abroad and jobs exploration for the passing out students.
Fee concession to the deserving students (90% of the total strength) ranging from 10% to 100% of the approved limit. Full waiver to the poor and deserving students with provision of free books, uniform and per month stipend.
At the initial stages, when the Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology JEIT under the PHRDO started functioning in 1998, Electrical and Electronics Technologies were started, leading to a three years Diploma in Associate Engineering DAE. Later, a one year Diploma in IT was introduced. As per our Information Cell, almost all passing out students have since been well self-employed or placed in various industrial units in Pakistan and abroad, and educational Institutions, including the JEIT to render teaching services.
In line with the NGO’s aims and objectives, 60% of the passing out students belonged to the targeted disadvantaged rural areas. Most of the beneficiaries of short courses on technical and vocational training in various trades are also absorbed in various markets/industries and are settled well. As is evident from the PBTE record, the JEIT gave best results as compared to other private technology institutes in the area with minimum dropouts.
FUTURE PLANS
In order to eventually execute its noble objectives, future plans for capacity building of the NGO include, besides building of its own HRD House, the up-gradation of existing set up of technical workshops/labs facilities and introducing another useful and a unique program for the youth development, through launching social entrepreneurship programs, in order to equip the youth with employable skills. The PHRDO remains in constant contact with the renowned donors to arrange seed funding to promote young entrepreneurship programs among the youth. Feasible technical projects may be undertaken by our students through generating and exploring indigenous resources with the formation of cooperative societies of the youth under the guidance and supervision of the institute management committee.
A separate arrangement for women development is also included in the future plans of the PHRDO to establish a technical education and vocational training center for women, for which complete infrastructure is already available in the existing set up which, however, requires rehabilitation thereof, to be made in due course of time.
PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
A. Achievement of Objectives
In pursuance of its noble objectives, and as is evident from its intake record, the PHRDO has very much succeeded in facilitating the youth with skill development from disadvantaged rural areas, as about 80% of the total strength of our students comes from the targeted rural areas. They are allowed need-based full waiver/concession in fee, provision of free books and uniforms, monthly stipend, etc. on merits as under:
Year Intake Benefrs. Part waiver F/waiver Free Bks/Unfm
2003 112 67 58 9 4
2004 106 72 68 4 9
2005 90 76 69 7 8
2006 114 92 84 8 6
2007 90 82 71 11 4
2008 86 78 72 6 7
Benefit once allowed remains available to the beneficiaries through out the session, unless it is withdrawn for any reason. Normally the students are allowed fee waiver/benefits keeping in view their past academic performance and/or backward status, and overall economics of the organization as well.
In line with the NGO’s aims and objectives, 60% of the passing out students belong to the targeted disadvantaged rural areas. As per record of feed backs, almost all our passed out students have since been self-employed on various jobs or well employed in other industrial establishments in Pakistan or abroad, while some of them have excelled in different educational Institutions, including the JEIT to render teaching and training services to the incoming youth. As is evident from the PBTE record, the JEIT always gave good results as compared to other private technology institutes in the area with minimum dropouts.
B. Self-help Initiative
The management conceived a unique idea to establish a Youth Entrepreneurship Fund and contributed well in the fund within its means. It also made hectic efforts to approach certain well off people of the area to donate funds for this noble cause and succeeded to collect about $ 2,500 into this fund. While conceiving a collective action initiative to engage youth for skill development in order to train and prepare them for entrepreneurship, ten un-employed youth selected on merits including two females, were issued an interest free seed funding of $ 250 each from the fund to start with small entrepreneurships in their respective areas. A brief procedural and short training session to deliberate upon the module for implementation of their respective enterprises was also discussed with them. The Youth Entrepreneurship Committee constituted for the purpose remained in continued contact to guide and supervise young entrepreneurs all along. The YEC helped them identify the feasible projects and priorities for proper utilization of the seed funding, as it was meant to purchase tools only, and then they were required to start repair and maintenance jobs of electrical and electronics home appliances in different markets and residential areas to render mobile repairing services.
The areas of jobs were identified to them as under:
i. Computers Servicing, Repairing and Installations, Internet Cafes
ii. Repairing/Maintenance of Radio/TV/Cabling/Networking
iii. House Electrical Wiring and Repairing
iv. Repairing/Maintenance of Electrical/Electronics Home Appliances
v. Recycling and Refurbishing of Acid Batteries, Auto Electricians
vi. Winding/Re-winding of Electric Motors/Fans and Transformers, Assembling Power Stabilizers, Power Regulators and UPS.
Some of them started jobs in rural areas from where they belonged. Each entrepreneur was required to attend monthly review meeting in the Principal’s office to submit their progress reports on their respective projects. The program was widely appreciated among the parents of the youth and general public, which definitely enhanced the good will of the institute as well.
Eight out of the total entrepreneurs are placed well on their jobs and have succeeded in proper execution of their projects, including timely refund of their seed funding, while others for different reasons could not come up to the set schedule of implementation of the projects. We have carefully analyzed their shortcomings and would take care of in future funding.
C. Copying Our Initiative
An example of copying our initiative may be quoted here that a youth group comprising two students of this institute has formed a sort of cooperative society and have set up a fund of $ 850, equally contributed by their parents and has started a small entrepreneurship project of assembling and manufacturing power stabilizers and power regulator. These equipments are used to stabilize the voltage during sudden fluctuation of power supply to costly home electronics in order to save them against any possible damage due to higher voltage.
They have designed and winded power transfers themselves, which is used in assembling of both the units. They have opened a joint bank account being operated with the joint signature of the Principal of the JEIT under the PHRDO and one student who has been selected as leader of the group to perform all management activities of the project. An agreement has been signed between the parties. The group has been allocated a working table fitted with a “Wice” (a mechanical tool used for holding/gripping the project structures) in our workshop and doing jobs well. The only disadvantage is of short funds as starting a business with such a meager value may not easily flourish. The only edge of free facilities, which the PHRDO has extended, to the group may help them succeed in the business.
PROJECT IN HAND (FUNDED BY BRITISH COUNCIL)
A. Joint Venture through British Council
While pursuing for youth engagement opportunities for our students, luckily we succeeded to fetch a well-planed event of a youth social entrepreneurship competition award as jointly sponsored by the British Council, which was held among the youth of about 300 technical and vocational institutions in Pakistan. Purpose of the competition was to develop skills in the youth for employability in order to bring about a positive social change among the youth, which exactly matched with the objectives of the PHRDO, as is already pursuing for.
Accordingly, the institutions were invited to form youth groups to prepare and submit feasible technical projects to be implemented through establishment of entrepreneurships. The participant groups were required to design their projects of such a style that, besides facilitating self-employment of the youth, these could also be a benefit oriented for poor and marginalized communities from rural areas. A one-day orientation workshop was also held where heads of 27 selected institutions, including the Principal of the JEIT, were invited who discussed and formulated a module of conducting the competition. Management of the JEIT participated in this well-organized event and formed a group of 5 DAE students, who submitted an entrepreneurship of Un-interruptible Power Supply (UPS) in the competition.
A UPS, which is also a part of their DAE syllabi, is an important part of a comprehensive power delivery system. In the event of a power failure, having a generator on building is not enough to keep the electronics/electrical appliances including computers going on without interruption. A UPS is a battery back up device that sits between the appliances and the power that keeps it running. A UPS supplies power when it has failed.
Selection of the youth groups participating in the competition was made after going through a proper selection process, keeping in view aptitude and academic performance of the students forming the groups. In addition to setting up their own entrepreneurships, the winner groups were also required to train other youth in their respective areas to undertake similar entrepreneurships on an innovative style of multiplication of the beneficiaries.
B. The PHRDO – Runner-Up of the Competition
As God blessed, our youth performed well and declared runner-up in the competition and won an award of $ 1250 as seed funding to establish a small entrepreneurship, and a shield for the PHRDO for standing Runner Up of the competition. Accordingly all the young entrepreneurs took up the project activities with full enthusiasm, and till date are going well on the projects as per given schedule for implementation of the project. They are manufacturing UPS, which are being soled out mainly to benefit the targeted poor settlements in the rural areas, schools and hospitals, where it is used during power load shedding. This demand driven device is now being abundantly used in Pakistan due to prolonged power crises in the country. Besides engaged on their project activities, the youth groups are also giving further training to other youth for the same entrepreneurship which condition is essence of the project. The number of trainees will now touch 102 at the end of the last badge of 46 trainees on August 24, 2009.
A unique feature of this project is that initially all the project activities, from procurement of the raw material to the sale of finished UPS, are being carried out by the students/youth in the PHRDO’s institute premises under the control and supervision of its Project Implementation Committee. A proper check and control system is the reason of its success. A monthly progress report along with payment of monthly installment is being sent to the Donors regularly. The British Council and YES Network Pakistan are monitoring the project through personal visits of its representatives and through receiving monthly progress reports regularly.
C. EXPANSION
Keeping in view the hardships and miseries of the people of remote and neglected rural area of Southern Punjab, and to help them access technical education and skill development training at their door steps, an other wing of the JEIT of the same category with identical program has been established at Chowk Azam Distt; Layyah w.e.f, July 1, 2007. This youth engagement resource center has been found successful in catering for the needs of the youth of this area to get technical education and vocational training at grassroots level. Now youth of this area would be able to get this facility without wasting their time and money in the big cities, because they can now be assured of a quality skill development program on their door steps in their own area.
Yet another expansion has also been made in the existing building set up. While finding existing building as deficient of the required accommodation to accommodate more youth development programs, the PHRDO has recently established a separate Skill Development Center in a rented building in a thickly populated area of Multan City, to cater for the needs of the youth from the poor populous area of the city as well. The center will also share training activities of the target poor youth from rural areas that are under training in the main campus. From here progress of the existing entrepreneurs will be monitored and new groups will be formed to expand and accelerate the youth engagement services. Two more assembling booths have been provided in the new building whereas there is still a scope of a minimum of 10 more assembling booths in the new building. More youth groups can be accommodated through re-scheduling of working shifts if needed.
OUR TARGET AREAS
In the past, Multan and its surrounding areas had ever been neglected in terms of provision of necessary infrastructure for human development through job oriented technical education and vocational training for the following reasons: –
1. Remote/inaccessible location and lack of proper communication with other developed areas. The Federal Government has officially scheduled some of the adjoining Districts of Multan as backward areas in view of disadvantaged status of the most of its inhabitants. Our development program may easily cover these Districts, as their boundaries are located at 50 – 60 K.M. only, from Multan city.
2. Unavailability of technical teaching/training staff for want of technical /vocational centers easily accessible to the general public of these areas.
3. Lack of motivation of the people for obtaining technical education and vocational training to their youth, and long prevailing hesitations of the people to expose women to get education, and to permit them participate in their socio-economic development themselves.
4. With the passage of time, a series of human development activities were undertaken by the Govt. to bring these areas, as far as possible, with other developed areas in the country. Adjoining district of Muzaffargarh was declared as tax free zone to give incentive to the industrialists, and to create more job openings in these areas.
Therefore, with the expected further industrial development, skilled manpower shall now be urgently needed to cater for the needs of these flourishing industries, whereas flow of skilled manpower from other developed area into this lesser developed area may not be possible due to its remote location for which indigenous exploration of human resources, properly educated and trained in the relevant technologies and trades has become call of the day.
However, in spite of these corrective measures to curb the unemployment rate, the problem remained subsisted due to want of such institutions which could penetrate in the masses at gross roots level and prepare skilled manpower of indigenous origin, and the thrust of employment of locals could not be quenched. Therefore, establishment of technical education and vocational training centers to target these areas are very essential, in order to train the disadvantaged people from underserved rural/urban settlements, to the required standard of training. This arrangement will go long way to help them adjust locally in the industries or self-employed to reduce the poverty rate in the country in general and in this neglected region in particular.
Accordingly, facilitating the people of this area with technical education and vocational training on voluntary basis, has two-fold benefits i.e. industrial development in the area on one hand in terms of supplying technically skilled manpower to the industries, and poverty reduction through human development by provision of respectful employment / livelihood to the people on the other hand.
Govt. of Pakistan, due to its limited financial and administrative resources has not been able to start sufficient technical education and vocational training projects in Multan or in the adjoining areas for the last several years, rather has shifted this responsibility to the private sector through enactment. In order to revamp the old directorate of technical education, the Govt. of Punjab has established Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority TEVTA, in pursuance of its noble objectives of imparting demand driven technical and vocational education to its people, including encouragement to the private sector to share human development activities in the country through technical education and vocational training.
FUTURE PLANS
1. Up-gradation of Existing Set Up
Presently, Electrical, Electronics and Civil Technologies have been started in the JEIT, leading to a three years Diploma in Associate Engineering DAE and one year Diploma in IT for the students who have completed their secondary education in science. Although some equipment has already been made available in the Institute, yet up-gradation of Wood Works and Metal Shops, and improvement of facilities in Electrical, Electronics, Civil and IT Labs, are urgently required to sufficiently cater for the future needs of DAE students, as well as for the proposed program of Vocational Training and Women Development Center.
2. Information Technology
In the recent past aptitude of the people for getting education in Information Technology has also been tremendously increased and they are widely inclined to get their youth educated and trained in this Technology. Although there is a compulsory subject of computer applications included in syllabi of DAE, yet education and training of Information Technology on independent basis is natural instinct of the NGO in consonance with globally changing trends. Therefore, needs for establishment of an up-graded Computer Lab for IT Department is also required to cater for the needs of DAE and DIT students.
3. Vocational Training Center
There has always been a hard-pressed demand of the people to provide them jobs whereas control on high population and unemployment growth rate in the country seems to be a futile exercise without cooperation from the NGOs. Some welfare organizations are striving to help people in viable family / population planning, whereas others like the PHRDO, are exploring means and measures to develop skills in disadvantaged people from neglected/remote areas, especially the deprived women to alleviate poverty in the masses.
This NGO is committed to achieve these objectives through imparting technical education and vocational training to make such people job oriented in the most demanded trades, for their easy and prompt placement on the jobs. Establishment of a vocational training and women development center, in order to facilitate the people with extensive opportunities of skill development and vocational training, especially to the deprived women is under process. The ability and infrastructure to start the proposed program is already available in the existing set up in shape of Wood Works and Metal Shops, and Electrical, Electronics and IT Labs which is a small-scale arrangement but the PHRDO has planned to establish an independent set up to extend extra coverage to those interested to be benefited from the program.
Possible areas of skill development and vocational training may be as under: –
1. Electrical Technology
2. Electronics Technology
3. Civil Technology
4. Auto Mechanic Course
5. Electrician course
6. Radio & TV Mechanic Course
7. Computer Applications
8. Woodwork and Metal shop Practices
9. Plumbing and Sewers
10. Dress Making
11. Embroidery
However, the courses mentioned against Sr.No.1 to 9 are meant for male students whereas all other courses except mentioned at Sr.Nos.1, 5 to 7, 10 and 11 are meant for female students
4. HRD House
Presently the Institute is running its affairs in a rented building taken on 10 years long lease which is sufficient for the existing setup only, but it is very genuinely desired by the PHRDO to have its own building to accommodate its multiple future HRD plans. The considerable amount being spent presently on monthly rent of the building can be safely utilized on the adjustment of monthly installments of the loan, if at all the NGO has not been able to receive funding from any donor / grant making agency for this purpose.
The project of HRD House is proposed to be constructed in the Multan City for the reason that the recurring expenses are much lower here in terms of hiring visiting faculty members / master trainers on cheaper rates, who are already employed either in government technical and vocational institutes or in other comparable centers in Multan City.
Due to its central location, the proposed project shall also cover maximum adjoining backward areas from all sides, besides considerable disadvantaged poor urban settlements that also need the opportunity of education and training on non-profit basis. However, students / trainees to be admitted on self-finance basis in order to achieve the non-profit pursuits of the NGO, shall also be available in abundance from the urban areas. Suitable additional hostel facilities for outsider students shall also be easily arranged near the institute building, as the same is location in residential area.
RESOURCES/ASSISTANCE SOUGHT
In order to fulfill its objectives and to meet its requirement, the NGO seeks assistance through donations, seeding grants, soft loans, used/unused/recycled computers and books, new/abandoned technical equipment etc, from well off people, donor agencies and philanthropist worldwide. Presently the NGO is generating funds from the member’s donations and fee of the students admitted on self-finance bases. The PHRDO also seeks voluntary management and advisory services, including projects designing and preparation, developing and launching web sites for extra coverage to its noble activities, extending sponsorship for holding conferences, seminars, and workshops relevant to the NGO’s educational and training programs. Also seek assistance in exploring opportunities of receiving donations, co-ordination and co-operation with the similar/comparable organizations for the furtherance of its welfare endeavors and above all, absorption against possible openings for the passing out students of the JEIT.
Consideration behind the idea for establishment of PHRDO was to share human development activities with our government which unfortunately has not been able to adequately under take, due to resource constraints, as under the compelling circumstances is forced to spend maximum portion of its total annual budget on its defense, repayments of loans and other non-development activities (65%+15%+10% approx), and only 10% is left for its development activities, including human development through education and training. A genuine human desire for self-development remains un-addressed if our people may not be able to access helping hands only due to the above reason. Modes of assistance sought may include:
i. Financial assistants/donations/grants/soft loans to up-grade and reinforce the existing setup of workshops and labs. (Electrical, Electronics, Civil and IT), library books, equipment. etc, staff development, need based scholarships to its students, voluntary management and advisory services to generate funds for achieving the PHRDO’s objectives, to review and develop curriculum of various technical and vocational training courses,
ii. Books / CD’s, new, used / recycled computers, related equipment (used / unused / abandoned), office equipment etc.
iii. Voluntary preparation, designing and launching web sites of PHRDO for extra coverage to attract donors/funders to meet its noble objectives.
iv. Extending sponsorship for holding international conferences, seminars, workshops etc on science and technology. Possible areas may be as under:
· Role of Science and Technology in Socio-Economic Uplift of the people.
· Steps and measures required accelerating the pace of industrialization in Pakistan
· Impact of Privatization of Technical Education.
· Electrical, Electronics and Information Technology–Mutual Bondage.
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· Distributed Controlling System (DCS) in Process Industries.
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· Essentials of Working Relationship between Engineers and Associate Engineers.
· Labor-Management Relations and impact of Contractual Labor on Industrial Relations System. Any other related topic.
PRESIDENT’S NOTE AND PROFILE
When the establishment of JEIT under the PHRDO was conceived in 1998, maximum funding was relied upon to come from the members through recurring donations and soft loans. However, fee of students admitted on self-finance bases and, grants and financial assistance / support from national / international development donor agencies were also considered as a significant source of funding. The PHRDO is a not-for-profit Organization and mainly targets the poor and disadvantaged communities, especially the deprived women. About 80% of the total beneficiaries are given fee concession from 10% to 90% of the approved limit whereas remaining deserving cases are allowed full fee waiver with provision of free books and uniforms.
20% of the total intake is admitted on self-finance bases to generate funding to meet the expenses incurred on free / concessional education and training to the targeted poor people. The fee varies from time to time keeping in view the income from other resources. The savings are utilized to relieve the Organization against debts / loans or to undo various liabilities after meeting out all the expenses, yet if some funds are left over, the same are carried over to the next accounting years and are aimed to be kept with the NGO for rainy days to ensure its noble endeavors to continue for all days to come.
During the days of financial crises in the initial years when no immediate fundings were possible and a considerable sum in millions was required to purchase costly equipment and other expenses to proceed further with the noble endeavors, some generous members came forward and contributed to the furtherance of this human cause and in addition to the reasonable donations, they extended soft loans to the NGO. The Management of the PHRDO is proud of its members who helped in the hard days through recurring donations and soft loans beyond their means and over a period of time some of them were kind enough to convert the loans in to donations.
Now when the NGO has attained satisfactory financial position and in future its economics may become more favorable through receiving fee from more students admitted on self-finance bases as the trend of people to get technical education and vocational training is being accelerated over the period last 2-3 years after reaching a point of saturation in getting IT education. Keeping in view the accelerating trend of the people for technical and vocational education, the JEIT has already got enhanced from TEVTA the number of seats in each technology, resulting to add more funds to the NGO with out any additional expense. Presently 120 students are admitted in both the technology each year, in addition to those admitted for short vocational courses.
PROFILE
NAME:
Karim Nawaz Malik
PRESENT ORGANIZATION’S NAME AND ADDRESS:
Pak-Human Resources Development Organization, Link Road Ahmed Park Colony, Khanewal Road, Multan-Pakistan.
CURRENT POSITION HELD:
President / Principal
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Pak Human Resources Development Organization PHRDO was established at Multan, Pakistan, about 12 years back as a non-government organization NGO, to under take voluntary services for the cause of human resources / community development, through socio-economic uplift of the disadvantaged people (youth and adults), especially the deprived women from under served rural areas. The PHRDO is a not-for-profit Organization, mainly aims at poverty reduction and elimination of opportunity prejudices, and suffering of underprivileged and deprived people through changing their behaviors and eventually making them socially and economically stable in the society. Objectives of the PHRDO are achieved through technical education and vocational training to the under privileged poor especially to the youth from poor and marginalizes communities. The PHRDO is registered with the Government of Punjab, Social Welfare (Community Development) Department Multan, under Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration & Control) Ordinance 1961, with Registration No. DDSW (MD)/314 dated 10-06-1998. The program has two fold objectives, i.e., facilitating the targeted poor people with technical education and vocational training to enable them access indoor/outdoor employment/jobs opportunities on one hand, and to prepare and provide technically skilled manpower to help accelerate the pace of industrial development in the area on the other.
FIELD OF SPECIALITY:
Human Resource Development through Technical education and vocational training, preparation and supplying technically skilled and trained / disciplined manpower to the industrial and commercial establishments. Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Training and Development, Performance Appraisals and Incentives, Compensation and Benefits, Disciplinary Procedures, and Departmental Inquiries, Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining, Industrial Disputes, Negotiations, and Settlements, Preparation and conducting Legal Cases in the courts, Liaison with legal Advisors and outer agencies, Employees Old-age Benefits, Social Security, Apprenticeship etc.
OBJECTIVES:
i. Facilitating the youth with technical education and vocational training in order to develop their skills for employability.
ii. Sourcing qualified and trained workforce and continued development thereof, to ensure peaceful and conducive HR relations system in the organizations.
SKILLS
i. Engagement of youth for skill development for employability.
ii. Exploring manpower resources, selection processes, evaluations, compensation and benefits, social security etc employees benefits proposals, charter of demands, processing and calculating financial repercussions, negotiations and settlements, interpretation and enforcement of settlements.
PROJECTS:
i.Establishment of three technical Institutes duly accredited / affiliated with the concerned regulatory authorities, as under:
Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Multan(Campus No.1), Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Multan(Campus No.2), Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Chowk Azam, Distt. Layyah
ii. Prepared two groups of youth to participate in the youth entrepreneurship competition (skill for employability) held with joint venture of YES Network Pakistan and British Council to bring about social change among the youth, through training and manufacturing of technical appliances like UPS, Voltage Stabilizers, Voltage Transformers, etc and were declared runner up in the competition throughout the country. Awarded a seed funding of Rs.100,000 to start manufacturing of UPS, a device used to continue the power on, during power load shedding.
iii.Formulation of Criterion for Conducting Departmental Enquires.
iv.Promotion and Modes of Recruitment.
v.Recommendation for amendments in the labor laws to the National Commission on Labor Reforms.
vi.Establishment and administration of Charitable Trusts.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
LL.B, D.L.L. from
University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan
DATE OF BIRTH:
April 2, 1949
MARITAL:
Married, Children: 3
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
English, Urdu, Punjabi
ADDRESS:
Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Ahmed Park Link Road, Khanewal Road, Multan-Pakistan.
Telephone: +92-61-6561276
Fax: +92-61-6561248
Mobile / Cell: +92-301-7412892
E-Mail: karim_nfc@hotmail.com
EXPERIENCE
Name and address of the Employers, Designation,
Period of employment and reason for leaving
Pak Human Resources Development
Organization (Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology),
Ahmed Park Colony Link Road,
Khanewal Road, Multan-Pakistan
President (From Jan 2007) (Till Date)
Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd.,
Iskanderabad, Distt. Mianwali-Pakistan.
Senior Manager (Human Resources)
(From Oct 2001 to December 2006) (Voluntary Retirement)
Lyallpur Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.,
Jaranwala Distt. Faisalabad-Pakistan.
Senior Manager (Industrial Relations)
(From November 1998 to Sep. 2001) (Transfer)
Pakarab Fertilizers Ltd.,
Multan-Pakistan.
Sr. Manager (Industrial Relations)
(From Sep 1989 to Oct 1998) (Transfer)
Paksaudi Fertilizers Ltd.,
Mirpur Mathelo-Pakistan.
Deputy Manager (Industrial Relations)
(From July 1984 to August 1989) (Transfer)
Layyah Sugar Mills,
Layyah-Pakistan.
Labor Officer
(From Nov 1981 to Jun 1984) (For Better Emoluments)
Crescent Jute Products Ltd.,
Jaranwala, Distt. Faisalabad-Pakistan
Labor Officer
(From Aug 1979 to Nov 1981) (For Better Emoluments)
Altaf and Altaf, Advocates,
Legal advisers and Consultants
on Labor Laws and Industrial Relations,
77-The Mall, Lahore-Pakistan.
Advocate
(From Sep 1977 to Aug 1979) (For Better Emoluments)
CHARITY ADMINISTRATION
Founder executive member of Pak-Arab Fertilizers Welfare Trust, Multan and ex-General Secretary Iskanderabad welfare Trust, Iskanderabad-Mianwali, both established at Pak-Arab Fertilizers Limited Multan and Pak-American Fertilizers Limited Iskanderabad respectively, with the sole objective of giving relief to the poor and deprived inhabitants of the vicinity, especially the widows and orphans devoid of any source of income for their livelihood. Funds of both the NGOs are generated through receiving regular monthly donations from the employees and well off people. The Trusts have been allowed tax exemption from the Distt Income Tax Officer of the concerned Districts.
VOLUNTEERING
Active volunteer working for Pak Human Resources Development Organization, in the capacity of its President. The PHRDO is registered under Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance 1961. Main objective of this NGO is poverty reduction amongst the disadvantaged poor communities, through technical education and vocational training.
A Technology Institute in the name of Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology is already successfully functioning under the PHRDO at Multan since July 1, 1998. An other campus has been established at Chowk Azam, Distt: Layyah, keeping in view the hardships and miseries of the people of that area to help them access technical education and vocational training to their children at their door steps.
The JEIT is registered with Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority TEVTA and affiliated with the Punjab Board of Technical Education under the TEVTA. Presently, three years Diploma of Associate Engineer is awarded to the students in Electrical, Electronics and Civil Technology and various short courses of skill development. Funds of the NGO are generated through receiving donations and fee of the students admitted on self-finance basis.
WHO ARE WE ?
A. Management
Establishment of PHRDO was conceived by a body of some fifty patriotic senior educationists and highly experienced engineers, and motivated industrial management professionals (in service and retired), besides many other members from different walks of life, all sincerely committed and determined to the furtherance of this noble cause. Management Board of the PHRDO consists of six members to voluntarily manage its affairs. Academic Advisory Council has been constituted comprising four senior executives/educationists of high profile with excellent educational and training management skills. A Project Implementation Committee has also been constituted to monitor and coordinate the project activities undertaken by the PHRDO from time to time. The Management Board of the PHRDO has firstly conceived this thorough-based project proposal, and then through several sessions of extensive discussions at full length, with the Academic Advisory Council and Project Implementation Committee, the proposal was finalized and approved for submission. Whole establishment of the PHRDO, with its full commitment and enthusiasm, will be individually and severally responsible for excellent execution of the project. Detail of its establishment is as under:
B. Management Board
i.Mr. Karim Nawaz Malik LLB D.LL, former Industrial Relations Manager Pak-Arab Fertilizers Ltd, Multan and Senior Manager (Human Resources) Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd, Iskanderabad-Mianwali. (President)
ii.Professor Dr. Muhammad Amir, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Government College Layyah, Joint Secretary, All Pakistan Professors and Lecturers Association, (Sr. Vice President)
iii.Mr. Muhammad Munir Malik, Unique Traders, House No.125-C Manzoorabad Layyah. (Vice President)
iv.Miss. Kausar Fatima, M.A. (Engg.) M.A. (Econ.) B.Ed. Lecturer in Industrial Economics and English, Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology Multan. (General Secretary)
v.Miss Surrayya, M.A. (Sociology), M.A. (Urdu), B.Ed, Field Officer, Punjab Rural Support Program PRSP, Layyah. (Information Secretary)
vi. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Arif, Trader and Social Worker, Layyah. (Finance Secretary.
C. Academic Advisory Council
i.Mr. Karim Nawaz Malik, LLB D.LL, former Industrial Relations Manager Pak-Arab Fertilizers Ltd, Multan and Senior Manager (Human Resources) Pak-American Fertilizers Ltd, Iskanderabad-Mianwali. (CHAIRMAN)
ii.Professor Engr. Ata Elahi, M.Sc.(Technology), Ex-Dy. General Manager (Production) Pak Arab Fertilizers Ltd, Multan, Ex-Lecturer in Chemistry, Govt. College Bosan Road, Multan, Founder Principal JEIT. (Member)
iii.Professor Dr. Muhammad Amir, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Government College Layyah, Joint Secretary, All Pakistan Professors and Lecturers Association, (Member)
iv.Mr. Javed Afzal B.Sc Engg, Former Principal Govt Vocational Training Institute, Khanewal Road Multan. (Member)
D. Project Implementation Committee.
i.Muhammad Rafiq Alvi, Chief Tech.(Retd) PAF, DAE (Electronics), Vice Principal Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology, Chowk Azam, Distt. Layyah (Chairman).
ii.Miss. Kausar Fatima, M.A. (Engg.) M.A. (Econ.) B.Ed. Lecturer in Industrial Economics and English, Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology Multan. (Member)
iii.Mr. M.Shahzad Bhatti B.Sc.(Engg), HOD Electronics, Jinnah Endeavors Institute of Technology. (Member)
iv.Miss Surrayya M.A. (Sociology), M.A. (Urdu), B.Ed, Field Officer, Punjab Rural Support Program PRSP, Layyah. (Member)
